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Data Archive: Using A Coproduction Approach To Map Future Forest Retention Likelihood In The Southeastern United States, Rachel E. Greene, Kristine O. Evans, Michael T. Gray, D. Todd Jones-Farrand, William G. Wathen

CFR Publications

Supporting data for publication titled: Using a Coproduction Approach to Map Future Forest Retention Likelihood in the Southeastern United States;

Journal of Forestry, 2020, 28–43 doi:10.1093/jofore/fvz063

Analysis Of Shock Wave Unsteadiness Using Space And Time Correlations Applied To Shadowgraph Flow Visualization Data, Shannon Marko, Phillip M. Ligrani

PRC-Affiliated Research

Unsteady flow characteristics of a normal shock wave, a lambda foot, and a separated turbulent boundary layer are investigated within a unique test section with supersonic inlet flow. The supersonic wind tunnel facility, containing this test section, provides a Mach number of approximately 1.54 at the test section entrance. Digitized shadowgraph flow visualization data are employed to visualize shock wave structure within the test section. These data are analyzed to determine shock wave unsteadiness characteristics, including grayscale spectral energy variations with frequency, as well as time and space correlations, which give coherence and time lag properties associated with perturbations associated …

Analysis Of Shock Wave Unsteadiness Using Space And Time Correlations Applied To Shadowgraph Flow Visualization Data, Shannon Marko, Phillip M. Ligrani

PRC-Affiliated Research

Unsteady flow characteristics of a normal shock wave, a lambda foot, and a separated turbulent boundary layer are investigated within a unique test section with supersonic inlet flow. The supersonic wind tunnel facility, containing this test section, provides a Mach number of approximately 1.54 at the test section entrance. Digitized shadowgraph flow visualization data are employed to visualize shock wave structure within the test section. These data are analyzed to determine shock wave unsteadiness characteristics, including grayscale spectral energy variations with frequency, as well as time and space correlations, which give coherence and time lag properties associated with perturbations associated …

Analysis Of Shock Wave Unsteadiness Using Space And Time Correlations Applied To Shadowgraph Flow Visualization Data, Shannon Marko, Phillip M. Ligrani

PRC-Affiliated Research

Unsteady flow characteristics of a normal shock wave, a lambda foot, and a separated turbulent boundary layer are investigated within a unique test section with supersonic inlet flow. The supersonic wind tunnel facility, containing this test section, provides a Mach number of approximately 1.54 at the test section entrance. Digitized shadowgraph flow visualization data are employed to visualize shock wave structure within the test section. These data are analyzed to determine shock wave unsteadiness characteristics, including grayscale spectral energy variations with frequency, as well as time and space correlations, which give coherence and time lag properties associated with perturbations associated …

Mangrove Cuckoo, Coccyzus Minor, Neurocranium, Lola R. Mildren, David Kerstetter

All Scans: Kerstetter Fisheries and Avian Ecology 3D Scan Series

No abstract provided.

Pisa 2018: Reporting Australia’S Results. Volume I Student Performance: Data Tables [Excel] [Data Set], Sue Thomson, Lisa De Bortoli, Catherine Underwood, Marina Schmid

OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) Australia

This zipped excel file is the data behind the figures and tables in the report: PISA 2018: Reporting Australia’s Results. Volume I Student Performance. They cover Australian student performance in reading literacy, reading literacy subscales, mathematical literacy and reading literacy.

Guitar Studio Concert, St. Norbert College Music Department

Music Performances

The St. Norbert College Guitar Studio under the direction of Dr. Christopher Cramer performed at Dudley Birder Hall on December 2nd 2019.

Draft Genome Of The Native American Cold Hardy Grapevine Vitis Riparia Michx. ‘Manitoba 37’, Sagar Patel, Michael Robben, Anne Fennell Dr, Jason Londo, Dilmini Alahakoon, Roberto Villegas-Diaz, Padmapriya Swaminathan

Draft genome of the Native American cold hardy grapevine Vitis riparia Michx. ‘Manitoba 37’

This data set contains the following files:

• Assembly.fa: Genome assembly in scaffolds.
• Blast2GO_results.b2g: The full annotation of coding sequences.
• Coding_sequences.fa: The predicted coding sequences from masked assembly.
• Gene_models.gff: Gene predictions from masked assembly.
• Masked_assembly.fa: The masked genome assembly.
• Protein.fa: The predicted protein sequences

The downloadable Zip file containing all data sets and files is 647 MB.

Analysis Of Laminated Curved Beam With And Without Defects And Imperfections, Wei-Tsen Lu

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Dissertations - Archive

Several studies have focused on the modeling and response characterization of composite structural members, with particular emphasis on composite curved beams. The class of curved beam is explored to determine mechanical response in primary aerospace structural applications. The present work focuses on developing analytical closed-form solutions for investigating composite curved beams with and without fiber waviness and delamination. The present work can efficiently characterize the structural behavior of composite curved beams under bending. This work shows the development of a novel mathematical approach to predict structural performance by investigating axial stiffness, bending stiffness with consideration of shear deformation in composite …

Final Project Report, Andrea Hicks, Sue Ahn, Kontar Wissam

CTEDD Final Project Reports - Archive

No abstract provided.

Final Project Report, Kristine Williams, Jeff Kramer

CTEDD Final Project Reports - Archive

No abstract provided.

Final Project Report, Zhaohua Wang

CTEDD Final Project Reports - Archive

No abstract provided.

Final Project Report, Sanggyun Kang, Shima Hamidi

CTEDD Final Project Reports - Archive

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Final Project Report, Won Hwa Kim, Ge Zhang, Kate Hyun

CTEDD Final Project Reports - Archive

No abstract provided.

Shtëpi Banimi B+P+1, Ramize Ismaili

Theses and Dissertations

Duke e marrë parasysh se Prishtina si qytet ështe shum i ngarkuar me ndërtime të mëdha e të paplanifikuara, te cilat nuk i ndjekin normativat dhe nuk i anlizojnë mundësite që krijon gjendja eksistuese e këto ndërtime po paraqesin probleme të shumta si në zhvillimin e jetës së banorëve, në komunikacion ashtu edhe në hapësirat publike. Duke i marr parasysh të gjithë këto probleme qytetarët më shum parapëlqejnë të jetojnë në periferi të qytetit duke i’u shmangur mbi ngarkesave të shumta të krijuar në qytet. Mënyra e planifikimit dhe krijimit të ndërtesave në pjesët e qytetit nuk i përmbushin kërkesat …

Stacioni I Autobusave Dhe Qendrat E Mobilitetit Bujanoc, Vullnet Abazi

Theses and Dissertations

Tema e këtij Punimi të Diplomës mbështetet në rëndësinë e dizajnimit dhe projektimit urban me pjesëmarrjen e publikut në vendimmarrjen e qështjeve që ndikojnë në zhvillimin urban të qyteteve dhe fshatrave. Trajtimi i një teme të tillë ka ardhur si rezultat i mungesës së stacionit të autobusëve dhe qendrave të mobiliteit në komunën e Bujanocit, komunë e cila vazhdimisht shoqërohet me rënie të numrit të banorëve e cila vie si pasojë e diskriminimit të vazhdueshëm që i bëhet banorëve të kësaj komunë. Me anë të këtij projekti është tentuar që përveç anës së planifikimit dhe dizajnit të preken edhe fusha …

Cheer Up Luv: An Examination Of The Activistic Efforts Of Eliza Hatch, Jasper (Kirsten) Boyd

Faculty Curated Undergraduate Works

This paper examines the efforts put forth by Eliza Hatch, who is an established photojournalist and activist, which pertain to women’s rights and sexual harassment all over the world. Hatch has a multitude of projects dealing with sexual harassment and the unequal treatment of women all across the globe. She is mainly based in London and New York, but has also completed projects in Sri Lanka. Through her activistic career, which began in 2017, she has garnered ample media attention and has raised awareness regarding the issues she tackles in her projects. Through her photo-sets, documentaries, and talks at universities, …

Whose Birthright? Evaluating The Impact Of Birthright Trips To Israel On American Jewish Identity In The #Metoo And #Boycottbirthright Era, Christy David

Undergraduate Honors Theses

This thesis critically examines both the impact of Birthright Israel trips on the formation of Jewish American identity but also confronts disparities in the participants’ experiences and the current evaluation methods being used to judge the ‘success’ of the trips. In 2018, the rise of the #MeToo and #BoycottBirthright movements coincided, and both participants of the trip and female educators called for a change in both the Birthright itinerary and supposed “goals” that were seeped in misogyny and an erasure of the Palestinian narrative. This research brings the two seemingly separate issues together by looking at the issues with the …

Microwave-Assisted And One-Step Synthesis Of Peg Passivated Fluorescent Carbon Dots From Gelatin As An Efficient Nanocarrier For Methotrexate Delivery, Nasser Arsalani, Parinaz Nezhad-Mokhtari, Esmaiel Jabbari

Faculty Publications

A green and simple process for preparing the polyethylene glycol passivated fluorescent carbon dots (CDs-PEG) have been studied by a microwave pyrolysis method, using gelatin and PEG as starting materials. This method is very effective for development of carbon-based quantum dots from gelatin with high quantum yield (QY). The synthesized CDs-PEG were found to emit blue photoluminescence (PL) with a maximum QY of 34%. At the following research, we investigated the effect of the presence of PEG on PL intensity, and the result showed that CDs-PEG becomes stronger PL properties than pure CDs from gelatin. The synthesized CDs-PEG were characterized …

Women And Fiber: The Role Of Craft Traditions In The Transmission Of Cultural History., Brooks Vessels

College of Arts & Sciences Senior Theses

This thesis investigates the role of fiber and historic craft processes in the documentation and transmission of women’s history. It has inspired an original body of artwork that employs such traditional techniques as weaving, quilting, sewing, and dyeing in addition to the contemporary processes of performance art, installation, and video documentation as a means of connecting with a matrilineal line. The research conducted provides examples of women who have used fiber processes as a way to process grief, enact religious rituals, and perform domestic tasks, as well as contemporary artists and art historians who have considered the role of fiber …

Abc Transporter Genes Abc-C6 And Abc-G33 Alter Plant-Microbe-Parasite Interactions In The Rhizosphere, Deborah Elizabeth Cox, Steven Dyer, Ryan Weir, Xavier Cheseto, Matthew Sturrock, Danny Coyne, Baldwyn Torto, Aaron G. Maule, Johnathan J. Dalzell

All Peer-Reviewed Publications

Plants are master regulators of rhizosphere ecology, secreting a complex mixture of compounds into the soil, collectively termed plant root exudate. Root exudate composition is highly dynamic and functional, mediating economically important interactions between plants and a wide range of soil organisms. Currently we know very little about the molecular basis of root exudate composition, which is a key hurdle to functional exploitation of root exudates for crop improvement. Root expressed transporters modulate exudate composition and could be manipulated to develop beneficial plant root exudate traits. Using Virus Induced Gene silencing (VIGS), we demonstrate that knockdown of two root-expressed ABC …

Towards A Global Dna Barcode Reference Library For Quarantine Identifications Of Lepidopteran Stemborers, With An Emphasis On Sugarcane Pests, Timothy R.C. Lee, Stacey J. Anderson, Lucy T.T. Tran-Nguyen, Nader Sallam, Bruno P. Le Ru, Desmond Conlong, Kevin Powell, Andrew Ward, Andrew Mitchell

All Peer-Reviewed Publications

Lepidopteran stemborers are among the most damaging agricultural pests worldwide, able to reduce crop yields by up to 40%. Sugarcane is the world’s most prolific crop, and several stemborer species from the families Noctuidae, Tortricidae, Crambidae and Pyralidae attack sugarcane. Australia is currently free of the most damaging stemborers, but biosecurity efforts are hampered by the difficulty in morphologically distinguishing stemborer species. Here we assess the utility of DNA barcoding in identifying stemborer pest species. We review the current state of the COI barcode sequence library for sugarcane stemborers, assembling a dataset of 1297 sequences from 64 species. Sequences were …

Egg-Laying Decisions Based On Olfactory Cues Enhance Offspring Fitness In Stomoxys Calcitrans L. (Diptera: Muscidae), Steve B.S. Baleba, Baldwyn Torto, Daniel Masiga, Christopher W. Weldon, Merid N. Getahun

All Peer-Reviewed Publications

Selection of oviposition substrate is critical in holometabolous insects. Female stable flies, Stomoxys calcitrans, locate and select vertebrate herbivore dung in which they lay their eggs. However, the preference for vertebrate herbivore dung by S. calcitrans females, its fitness consequences for offspring, and the semiochemicals used to locate and select oviposition substrates remain unclear. Using oviposition choice tests and life table bioassays we found that gravid female S. calcitrans prefer to oviposit on donkey and sheep dung, which also improves the performance of their offspring. GC-MS analysis followed by random forest classification identified β-citronellene and carvone as the most important …

Molasses Grass Induces Direct And Indirect Defense Responses In Neighbouring Maize Plants, Tigist A. Tolosa, Amanuel Tamiru, Charles A.O. Midega, Johnnie Van Den Berg, Michael A. Birkett, Christine M. Woodcock, Toby J.A. Bruce, Segenet Kelemu, John A. Pickett, Zeyaur R. Khan

All Peer-Reviewed Publications

Plants have evolved intricate defence strategies against herbivore attack which can include activation of defence in response to stress-related volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emitted by neighbouring plants. VOCs released by intact molasses grass (Melinis minutiflora), have been shown to repel stemborer, Chilo partellus (Swinhoe), from maize and enhance parasitism by Cotesia sesamiae (Cameron). In this study, we tested whether the molasses grass VOCs have a role in plant-plant communication by exposing different maize cultivars to molasses grass for a 3-week induction period and then observing insect responses to the exposed plants. In bioassays, C. partellus preferred non-exposed maize landrace plants …

Differential Response To Plant- And Human-Derived Odorants In Field Surveillance Of The Dengue Vector, Aedes Aegypti, Wyckliff P. Omondi, Eunice A. Owino, David Odongo, Joseph M. Mwangangi, Baldwyn Torto, David P. Tchouassi

All Peer-Reviewed Publications

Linalool oxide (LO) and hexanoic acid (HA) represent plant- and human-derived odorants, respectively, previously found as attractants for the dengue vector Aedes aegypti. Here, we investigated if a blend of both compounds can improve captures of this mosquito species in field trials in two dengue endemic sites, Kilifi and Busia Counties in Kenya. Ae. aegypti captures were significantly higher in Kilifi than Busia (χ21,142 = 170.63, P < 0.0001) and varied by treatments (χ25,137 = 151.19, P = 0.002). We found that CO2-baited BG Sentinel traps combined with a blend of both odorants decreased Ae. aegypti captures about 2- to 4-fold compared to captures with the individual compounds (LO or HA) used as positive controls. This was the case for all blends of LO and HA, irrespective of the doses tested. Our findings indicate that combining plant- and human-derived odors may elicit a masking effect in trapping Ae. aegypti. These results partly corroborate previous findings for malaria mosquitoes which showed that combining lures from both host sources either decreases or increases trap catches depending on the dose. Further investigations in the usefulness of combining plant and animal odorants in mosquito trapping are therefore necessary.

Development Of A Machine Learning-Based Prediction Model For Construction And Environmental Costs Of Trenchless Spray-Applied Pipe Linings, Cured-In-Place Pipe, And Sliplining Methods In Large Diameter Culverts, Ramtin Serajiantehrani

Civil Engineering Dissertations - Archive

According to U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration there are more than 4.1 million miles of road in total length, making it the world’s longest and biggest road network with millions of culverts hidden underneath the road in the United States. The development of underground infrastructure, concerns about environmental impacts, and economic trends are influencing society, resulting in the advancement of technology for more environment-friendly and cost-effective pipeline rehabilitation. Trenchless technologies employ innovative methods, materials, and equipment that require minimum surface excavation and access area for rehabilitation of old and deteriorated culverts. Trenchless technologies can be used when other …

Helpless, Hunter Bosnick

Undergraduate Honors Theses

Helpless is a creative thesis featuring a series of illustrations that metaphorically represent instances of abuse and trauma through the use of mythological and supernatural creatures.

Tuta Absoluta (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) Invasion In Nigeria: First Report Of Its Distribution, Pascal Osa Aigbedion-Atalor, Abiola O. Oke, Abiola A. Oladigbolu, Adejumo A. Layade, Igho B. Igbinosa, Samira A. Mohamed

All Peer-Reviewed Publications

The South America tomato pinworm Tuta absoluta is a serious invasive species in Nigeria. Its impacts on crop production are well understood, but its distribution in the country is unclear. Here, between March 2017 and July 2018, mapping surveys of the distribution of T. absoluta were conducted in 528 different locations across 11 states in Nigeria. Results showed that T. absoluta is present and established in all 360 sites surveyed in the northern and south-western parts of Nigeria. However, it was not recorded at all locations surveyed in two states, Edo and Delta, further south of the country. The implications …

Ample Glycosylation In Membrane And Cell Envelope Proteins May Explain The Phenotypic Diversity And Virulence In The Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Complex, Alemayehu Godana Birhanu, Solomon Abebe Yimer, Shewit Kalayou, Tahira Riaz, Ephrem Debebe Zegeye, Carol Holm-Hansen, Gunnstein Norheim, Abraham Aseffa, Markos Abebe, Tone Tønjum

All Peer-Reviewed Publications

Multiple regulatory mechanisms including post-translational modifications (PTMs) confer complexity to the simpler genomes and proteomes of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb). PTMs such as glycosylation play a significant role in Mtb adaptive processes. The glycoproteomic patterns of clinical isolates of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) representing the lineages 3, 4, 5 and 7 were characterized by mass spectrometry. A total of 2944 glycosylation events were discovered in 1325 proteins. This data set represents the highest number of glycosylated proteins identified in Mtb to date. O-glycosylation constituted 83% of the events identified, while 17% of the sites were N-glycosylated. This is the first …

Ethylene Response Factor (Erf) Genes Modulate Plant Root Exudate Composition And The Attraction Of Plant Parasitic Nematodes, Steven Dyer, Ryan Weir, Deborah Cox, Xavier Cheseto, Baldwyn Torto, Johnathan J. Dalzell

All Peer-Reviewed Publications

Plant root exudates are compositionally diverse, plastic and adaptive. Ethylene signalling influences the attraction of plant parasitic nematodes, presumably through the modulation of root exudate composition. Understanding this pathway could lead to new sources of crop parasite resistance. Here we used Virus-Induced Gene Silencing to knock down the expression of two Ethylene Response Factor (ERF) genes, ERF-E2 and ERF-E3, in tomato. Root exudates were significantly more attractive to the PPNs Meloidogyne incognita and Globodera pallida following knockdown of ERF-E2, which had no impact on the attraction of Meloidogyne javanica. Knockdown of ERF-E3 had no impact on the attraction of Meloidogyne …